International Introductions of Fulvia fragilis
Introductions as compiled by FAO
Main Ref. Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006
To Israel
FAO area
From Red Sea
FAO area
Year 1955
Range
Period 1950-1974
Established in the Wild yes
Established in Aquaculture
Significant Ecological Interactions unknown - undecided
Significant Socio-economic Effects
Introduced by unknown
Reason unknown
Other Reason
Comments Well established. 1955 as Papyridea papyracea from Israel (Barash and Danin, 1973); successively from southern Turkey (Lindner, 1988); Tunisia (Passamonti, 1996); Greece (Vardala-Theodorou, 1999); Spain (Emilio Rolán, pers. comm., identification confirmed).
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